Located in La Porte, Indiana, Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor is one of a mere three nursing homes in the city. This facility received an A- overall, which is a very strong score. Indeed, this proved to be the highest graded facility in La Porte. Scroll down to find this nursing home's category ratings, which are also strong. It's hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
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Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Aquatic Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
On top of faring well overall, this facility earned an excellent short-term care rating. We gave it an impressive grade of A in that category. In our short-term care score, we seek to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection grades are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. There are a number of datapoints within this category. Most of these factors relate to levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our fourth area, this facility received an excellent long-term care score. Even though this was not as elite as several of its other category grades, this is nevertheless one of the stronger scores we offer. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 97.76119 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of long-term residents that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor, 1.49% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Falls are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor, 1.65% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents which had UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor, 2.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor, 15.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor, 0% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor, 90.91% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor, 10% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor, 10.33% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility. Some believe that mobility is vital to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor, 10.33% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor, 18.72% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Miller's Health & Rehab by Miller's Merry Manor, 90.94% of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- La Porte HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.38 miles away1007 Lincolnway La Porte Indiana 46350Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 326-1234
- Porter Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.39 miles away85 East Us Hwy 6 Valparaiso Indiana 46383Proprietary(219) 983-8300
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Nephrology - La Porte0.57 miles away2910 Monroe St La Porte Indiana 46350Dialysis Stations: 12 (219) 324-0944
- Davita La Porte Dialysis1.89 miles away1406 East Lincolnway Suite A La Porte Indiana 46350Dialysis Stations: 12 (219) 324-3080
- Dsi - Dialysis - La Porte2.08 miles away103 West 18th Street La Porte Indiana 46350Dialysis Stations: 13 (219) 326-6362
- Davita - Michigan City11.8 miles away9836 W. 400 N. Michigan City Indiana 46360CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (219) 878-1989
- Usrc Michigan City Dialysis11.83 miles away3727 N Frontage Road Michigan City Indiana 46360Dialysis Stations: 13 (219) 879-9450
- Dsi - Coffee Creek Dialysis19.77 miles away3100 Village Point, Suite 101 Chesterton Indiana 46304Dialysis Stations: 19 (219) 395-8020
- Fmc - Nephrology - Blackthorn19.91 miles away6201 Nimtz Parkway South Bend Indiana 46628CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (574) 246-7000